Cigar-feeding device



Feb. 6, 1923.

F. X. MALOCSAY.

C GAR FEED r NG DEv CE 2 SHEETS'SHEET I FILED DEC. 22 1920v INVENTORFeb. 6, 1923.,

11,444,031 F. X. MALOCSAYv CIGAR FEEDING DEVICE.

FILED DEc. 22, 1920. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 Patented Fella. 6, i923.

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FRANCIS 2 K. MALOCSAY, OF NEW YORK, N. MACHINE @QMPANY, 015 NEW YORK,

:21, ASSIGNQR T0 INTERNATIONAL BANDJING N. iii, A CORPURATION 015 NEW,YORK.

GEGAR-JFJEETJING: DEVICE.

Application filed December 22, 3.920. Serial Ito. 432,411.

To all whom it my camera:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS X. MALoo- SAY, a citizen of the UnitedStates and a resident of the city, county, and tate of New York, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Cigar-Feeding Devices,of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a feedin deylce adapted to be used inconnection wit ci ars and in which cigars may be rapidly fe 1nsuccessive layers to a, cigar banding machine or to a cigar bander andthe object of this invention is to provide a feeding device of thischaracter in which cigars which have been previously pressed into cigarboxes can be removed, banded and be placed into. the box again with thebands on them, so that they assume the same position that they were inprior to being removed from the box.

A further object of this invention isto provide a cigar hopper in whichlayers of cigars are successively and quickly suppliedv to a cigar bandappller should the work be done by hand or to an automatic cigar bandingmachine.

'While the device is particularly applicable as a feeding device forcigars, it will be understood that when cigars are referred to, objectsof any kind, particularly all objects of a cylindrical shape such aspencils, crayons or the like may be used.

With these objects, and other objects which may hereinafter appear inView, I have devised the particular arrangement of parts hereinafter setforth and more particularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto.

Reference is to be had to the accompan ing drawings forming a parthereof m which 7 Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved cigarfeeding device.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the same,

Figure 3 is an end view of the lower portion of the same, a

Figure 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same on. the line 1-4:of Fi re 2 looking in the direction of the arrows. and

Figure 5 is another longitudinal sectional view of the device showingthe same in its forward position and a layer of cigars that has beenejected from the hopper.

- From the foregoing 'Throughout the various views of the drawmgs,similar reference characters designate similar parts.

In the preferred embodimentof my invention as disclosed in theaccompanying drawings 1 indicates a support or table to which the deviceis adapted to be secured. At 2 is disclosed the bottom plate of thedevice which is secured upon the surface of the support by screws 3. orother fastening means. At 4 are the side plates of the hopper which arerecessed as at 5. At the forward end ofthe device is an end strip 5?,which, as the hopper is slid rearwardly, is adapted to abut against astop 6 that limits the rearward movement of the hopper.

The stop 6 is in the nature of a transverse strip secured upon thebottom face 2 of the device.

At 7 is the rear end plate of the device which forms the end wall of-thehop er. This end member terminates above the ottom member 2 leaving aspace indicated at 8 for a purpose to be hereinafter set forth.

At 9 is a partition member which forms one of the walls of the hopperand is adapted to abut against the stop 6 as the hopper is slid forward.(See Figure 5). The hopper is slidable upon its bottom plate or member 2and the bottom plate member 2 is provided at its side edges withlongitudinally extending ribs 10 which project into complementarygrooves 11 in the side members 4 of the hopper. The hopper, in whichlayers of cigars 12 are placed, is defined by the end plate 7 and thepartition plate 9.

the operation of my improved device will be readily understood. A numberof layers of cigars are removed from a cigar box and placed in thehopper. This is usually done by means of a tape which is wrapped aboutthe cigars. After the cigars have been deposited in the hopper asdisclosed in Figures 2 and 4, the tape may be withdrawn through therecesses 5 in the side members 4. The hopper at this point is in theposition disclosed in Figures 1 and 5. To eject the lowermost layer ofcigars from the hopper, the hopper is grasped by the handle 13 andwithdrawn rearwardly, or in the direction of the arrow in Figure 1,until the forward end strip 5 contacts with the stop 6. When thisposition is reached, the lowermost layer of cigars has dropped down u onthe surface of thesupport '1. The sli able hopper isthen pushed forwardto its former position (or the position shown in Figure 5) and it willbe seen that a layer of cigars remains deposited upon the surface of thesupport 1 as the cutaway portion 8 of the rear end strip 7 slidesoverthe lowermost layer of the cigars and permits the same to remain on thetable or support 1. By rapidly moving the slidable hopper backward andforward successive bottom layers of cigars are removed as fast as theyare needed for banding or for other purposes.

It will be seen that after a boxful of ci ars is removed from their boxor contamer and placed within the hopper 1 in the positions occupied bythem when in the box, these cigars are ejected from the hopper in such amanner that after they are banded and are returned to the box from whichthey were taken, they will occupy their former places therein.

It will also be understood that While I have referred to my cigarfeeding device as particularly adapted for feeding layers of cigars, itwill be understood that with but a slight modification, the device canbe arranged to feed single cigars or other articles.

From the foregoing, it is obvious that my invention is not to berestricted to the exact embodiment shown but is broad enough to coverall structures coming within the scope 1. A device of the classdescribed comp-ising. a slidable hopper, a plate forming a ttom forsaidhopper, a sup ort on WhlCll said Iplate is mounted, said opper beingmova le on said plate and adapted to slide successive layers of cigarsfrom the plate on to the support when said hop er is moved in onedirection, said hopper eing provided with a cut out portion in one of1ts walls whereby the hopper may slide over a layer of cigars depositedon the support without disturbing the same.

2. A device of the class described com prising a slidable'hopper havingside walls, said walls being recessed, a plate secured below said hopperforming a bottom therefor, a support on which said plate is fixed, saidhopper being movable on said plate and adapted to side successive layersof cigars from the plate on to the support when the hopper is moved inone direction, said hopper being provided with a cut out portion in oneof its end walls whereby said hopper may slide over a layer ofcigarsdeposited on the support on its movement thereo'ver.

Signed at the city, count and State of New York this 8th day of ecember,1920.

FRANCIS X. MALOCSAY.

